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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Two Flags - Big Difference

There is a rising tide of resentment about the proposed removal
of the Confederate Battle Flag from the memorial at the State House in South
Carolina. The center of the argument is along the lines of; “If the Battle
flag; which flew for only 4 years, representing a singular evil; is wrong, then
what about the American flag which has flown for over 200 years and reigned over
such atrocities as slavery; the conquest of Texas from Mexico; the complete annihilation
of the American Indian; the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki; etc, etc; then why
should it be permitted to fly?”

Well, the biggest difference of all is that each of the mistakes
we, as a nation, have committed in the past have been addressed in some fashion.
We abolished slavery; we no longer conquer our neighbors; and until recently we
have led the world in the attempt to at least control the threat of nuclear
weapons. While we look towards the future, the proponents of the Battle Flag
still harken for the days and grand lifestyle of the antebellum South. In other
words; given their druthers, they’d do it all again.

What it all boils down to is this; in much the same way as Moderate
Islam has lost control of their religion to a supposed minority of radicals and
misfits, so goes the way of the Confederate Battle Flag. Unfortunately; for
some, with or without a flag; that war will never end.